I SERIOUSLY love this chapter summary, by the way. And I'm not sure that I agree with Toby here, salad is NOT tasty.

Plan to pay LOTS of attention this time round. And already I feel as though there are lots of clues, as though there are a few little Things that aren't totally obvious on a first read, but on a second read are jumping out and screaming at me. Very Good Job.

And I loved this first time round from Will, and equally so this time: 'if he's really gone off the rails...' Off the rails. Titter titter.

'I'm going in there to get my son.' I LOVE THIS. Will. 'My son'. SQUEE.

'The Salford Irregulars are certainly not loyal to the administration. That's why they've been stuck in Salford for the past six months.' I love this. Salford gets the ribbing this time.

Ah, the end is so exciting! Things beginning to Happen. Love Jen's subtle annoyance that she was never in the DA. Bless her. And I love Gabe saying he might actually join the battle at Hogwarts. ADORABLE.

Author's Response: I never intended for the chapter summaries as 'life lessons' to start, but I'm AWFUL at chapter summaries and it kind of happened so I stuck with it. The fact that they're usually very frivolous even about dark subject matter is sometimes kind of twisted!

I am glad the clues here work, as clues to what's going on when you know what's going on and yet aren't blowing things open. I really thought some things were going to be too obvious, but it was impossible to tell.

Will is pretty adorable here, and finally getting to be the big Papa Wolf that he's been all along. And being an outrageous hypocrite, which Tobias knows, but because TOBIAS wants to rush off to save Cal, he's okay with this.

I apparently seem to spend this fic criticising bits of Britain. I never have anything nice to say about any of it, apparently. But Salford totally deserved it.

I had to do the call-back of Jen's irritation at the DA - there was a reference in Shade to her knowing things were Going Down the night of the Astronomy Tower fight, but Katie refused to elaborate which she just found aggravating. And I imagine an authority control freak like Jen would have HATED the DA being right under her nose (and be a bit hurt she wasn't told). But yeahh, Hogwarts Battle Is Coming.